College sports: Volleyball team off to rough start

Lady Dolphins Off To Tough Start In 2012 with 3-8 record.
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SCC Volleyball Team Goes 1-4 At NWAACC Crossover Tournament

The Shoreline Community College Volleyball Team started the NWAACC Crossover hosted by the CCs of Spokane on a good note, defeating Clackamas Community College 3-1, but then the Dolphins dropped their next 4 matches,  two to  Columbia Basin College and Olympic College to end the first day of competition and then two more on Saturday to Pierce College and Umpqua Community College to end the tournament.

SCC beat Clackamas 25-22, 15-25, 27-25 and 25-15 but dropped the next two matches in straight sets on Friday to CBC 25-14,25-20,25-22 and to Northern Region rival Olympic 25-15,25-15 ,25-17.

SCC began bracket play on Saturday with a 0-3 loss to Pierce, 22-25, 8-25, 20-25 and then loss a tough 5 set match to Umpqua, 27-25, 22-25, 16-25, 25-20, 9-15.

The Lady Dolphins dropped their overall record to 3-8 on the season.

SCC will open NWAACC Northern Region play next Wednesday at Skagit Valley College at 7:00pm and return home against rival Edmonds Community College on September 28th.